After overcoming the impossible feat of meeting his fiancé’s parents, Greg has finally been accepted into the Burns Family Circle of Trust and he and Pam are due to be married. But before the two can tie the knot, Greg must face another terrifying obstacle: introducing Pam’s parents to his. As if this is not enough, Greg discovers that Pam is pregnant and he must keep it a secret from her father. Unfortunately her dad is a human lie detector, which is going to make this weekend the longest of Greg’s life.
Even better than its predecessor, Meet the Parents, Meet the Fockers is a wonderfully refreshing and hysterical comedy about how you can’t pick and choose your family. Filled with memorable characters, many a mishap, embarrassing anecdotes, and heaps of familiar faces, it’s a film that you can always come back to and enjoy more than the last time.
After a gruelling and horrific endeavour to win over Pam’s father, Jack, Greg has finally earned his place in the Burns Family Circle of Trust, With the Holy Grail that is Jack’s blessing, Greg and Pam are finally engaged to be married. But before they can tie the knot, there is one other obstacle to overcome: introducing Pam’s parents to Greg’s. As if a weekend with both Pam’s and his parents isn’t daunting enough, Greg soon discovers that Pam is pregnant and it becomes hugely important that Jack does not find out. What with trying to avoid embarrassment from his parents and keeping Pam’s pregnancy a secret from her human lie-detector of a father, it’s going to be the longest weekend of Greg’s life.
What makes this film so bloody brilliant is the characters and the chemistry between the actors. Dustin Hoffman and Barbra Streisand, who play Greg’s parents, are absolutely delightful together. Both are very free-spirited, smothering, eager to please, and incredibly likeable. They are without a doubt, the best movie parents I have ever seen. The chemistry between the two of them is just so perfect and genuine, causing you to love them as soon as you meet them.
The vibrancy of Dustin and Barbra is perfectly opposed by the mundane and straight-jacketed characters of Pam’s parents, played by Robert De Nero and Blythe Daner. Robert is just so uptight and sometimes intimidating and it’s hugely entertaining to see him and Dustin go head to head. You literally go from one extreme to another in 60 seconds, and it makes for great screen entertainment.
It’s rare to find a film that is really driven by its characters, but Meet the Fockers is the exception and it really is wonderful to see the story and the mishaps flourish due to clashes with these memorable characters.
Starring Ben Stiller, Robert De Nero, Blythe Daner, Dustin Hoffman, Barbra Streisand, Teri Polo, and Owen Wilson, Meet the Fockers is a laugh-out-loud comedy about how you can’t pick and choose your family. Filled with memorable characters, embarrassing and cringe-worthy mishaps, live animals, and a cursing baby, it’s a classic film that you can always come back to and enjoy more and more.
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